arable

英 [ˈærəbl]

美 [ˈærəbl]

adj.  耕作的; 可耕的

TOEFLGREIELTS

BNC.10562 / COCA.21874

牛津词典

adj.

• 耕作的；可耕的
  connected with growing crops such as wheat
  1. arable farming/farms/crops
     耕作农业 / 农场 / 庄稼
  2. arable land/fields (= used or suitable for growing crops)
     可耕地 / 田

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （农业）耕种的;（土地）适于耕种的，可开垦的
  Arablefarming involves growing crops such as wheat and barley rather than keeping animals or growing fruit and vegetables.Arableland is land that is used for arable farming.
  1. ...arable farmers.
     从事农耕的农场主
  2. ...arable crops.
     庄稼

英英释义

adj

• (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
  Synonym:cultivablecultivatabletillable

双语例句

• Natural resources in the form or arable land.
  耕地形式存在的自然资源。
• Their farm contains some of the richest arable land in the country.
  他们的农场拥有该国最肥沃的耕地。
• The climate here can be harsh and the soil is too poor and dry for arable agriculture.
  这儿气候条件恶劣、土地太过贫瘠与干旱，不适于农业耕作，此外交通也极不便利。
• Earthworm populations in arable soils in the United States may be destroyed by frost.
  在美国可耕地中蚯蚓的种群会被冰冻所毁坏。
• And switching the country's arable land to biofuel production would threaten food supplies.
  而把该国的耕地转为生产生物燃料将威胁粮食供应。
• The soil proved too infertile to sustain real pasture or arable crops.
  这土壤被证明太贫瘠，不能真正用作放牧或种植作物。
• The developed nations, with about one fourth of the world's population, possess almost half the arable land of the earth.
  发达国家人口占世界的四分之一，拥有耕地将近世界之半。
• As we have to ensure preservation of arable land, the use of urban land is inevitable.
  我们必须保护耕地，所以，征用城市用地是不可避免的。
• Along with the economic development, arable land is eroded by urbanization, is reduced.
  随着经济的发展，耕地被城市化进程侵蚀，呈现逐步减少的趋势。
• These social and environmental processes are stressing the world's arable lands and pastures essential for the provision of food and water and quality air.
  在这些社会和环境进程中，世界上用于提供粮食、水和空气质量所必要的可耕地和牧场日渐减少。